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VANSKIKE v. PETERS

No. 89-3082.

974 F.2d 806 (1992)

Daniel Lee VANSKIKE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Howard A. PETERS, III, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 31, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerold S. Solovy, C. John Koch, Glenn E. Heilizer, Jenner & Block, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.

Claudia E. Sainsot, Deputy Atty. Gen., Office of the Atty. Gen., Chicago, Ill., Randy E. Blue, Office of the Atty. Gen., Criminal Appeals Div., Springfield, Ill., for defendant-appellee.

Before CUDAHY and MANION, Circuit Judges, and GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge.

CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.

Daniel Vanskike, an inmate at the Stateville Correctional Center in Joliet, Illinois, has performed various work assignments while in prison. In this appeal we must decide whether Vanskike is entitled to the federal minimum wage for his work by virtue of being an "employee" under the Fair Labor Standards Act.

I.

Vanskike filed a pro se complaint against the Director of the Illinois Department of Corrections (DOC), alleging...

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